News vs News Reader
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
News
NOTE: This is NOT an official Nextcloud News client, but Nextcloud is fully supported Main Features: * Subscribe to your favorite RSS and Atom feeds * Sync with your personal Miniflux or Nextcloud server * Smooth and snappy user experience even on the older and cheaper devices * Built-in podcast fetcher which can be used with external players * Enhance your news feed with high-resolution preview images * Enjoy modern and minimalistic Material Design * Both light and dark themes are supported * This is an open source app which respects your privacy
News Reader
This minimal RSS news reader brings you the latest news. It includes several feeds in different categories, including news, technology, science, sports and others! You can also add your own feeds. News feeds are available in the following languages: German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese and Russian. Features easy to use and lightweight with wide selection of news feeds text to speech: listen to your news choose your theme, add your personal feeds mini widget showing latest news headline backup and restore settings designed for speed and low battery consumption language of news feeds can be changed: please select "Settings" and then click on "Feeds language" to choose the language of news feeds Permissions This application requires the following permissions: INTERNET - to retrieve news WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (aka Photos/Media/Files) - to backup settings
| Feature | News | News Reader |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-only | GPL-2.0-only |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | NotesNewsMedia PlayerPodcastVideoBrowser | NotesNewsBrowser |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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